A guide for confectioners
It was a busy week last week for the Confectionery Production team as we sent our bumper Supplier Profile issue to press.
Baron Chocolatier unveils 2017 products
Premium chocolate brand Baron Chocolatier has added new flavours to its line of truffles, bars and convenient sticks.
Live from Gulfood Manufacturing
The Confectionery Production team are in Dubai this week for Gulfood Manufacturing. As well as meeting existing contacts in the industry, the exhibition has been a great chance to meet new company representatives.
Fudge theatre
Susannah Millen meets Sian Holt, founder of premium fudge producer Fudge Kitchen.
Business, Candy & Gum, Chocolate, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Seasonal
Middle Eastern show rebrands
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Sweets & Snacks Middle East is treating itself to a new brand identity. In future, the show, which will be held in Dubai from 7 to 9 November 2016, will be known as yummex Middle East.
Getting creative
Susannah Millen visited Spun Candy’s flagship store in Spitalfields Market, London to find out more about the brand and its creator James Ellender.
Cailler enters premium market
Cailler, part of the Nestlé portfolio of brands, is entering the super premium chocolate market with its almost 200 year old Swiss chocolate brand.
Ice cream on top
In a recent poll conducted by Travel Republic, ice cream has come out on top when it comes to foodie travel treats.
Rice pudding cakes
Rice Creamery, a Dubai based rice pudding manufacturer, has crafted a new dessert in time for Valentine’s Day. The dessert features a heart-shaped crispy raspberry rice cup on a chocolate sponge cake base, filled with chocolate rice pudding. Rice Creamery’s crispy rice cups, which serve as a substitute for a conventional paper cup, allow customers […]
The race to innovate
Japanese firms are developing innovative new products for the domestic market while expanding overseas. Julian Ryall reports.
Flying saucer invasion
A Staffordshire, UK, sweet shop boss has sparked a flying saucer invasion in the Far East. Chinese shoppers and British ex-pats have been besieging Martin Peet’s new confectionery outlet in Hong Kong’s bustling central region to snap up the traditional sherbet filled discs. Although other English favorites have proved popular, it is the ‘flying saucer’ […]
Fudge brand targets tea shops
Blackthorn Foods, the Northern Irish manufacturer of the Melting Pot handmade fudge range, is to launch a new product aimed at coffee shops and tea houses in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The artisan company, based in Belfast, has developed a 22g finger fudge, which will be available in three flavours, as a quick […]
Sweets & Snacks Middle East
The market for sweets and snacks in the MENA region is continuing to grow – Sweets & Snacks Middle East is the gateway to clients from the Middle East as well as North Africa. Figures for the Sweets & Snacks Middle East trade fair are once again indicating outstanding registration rates. A few months before […]
Jelly Belly launches a new travel retail line
US distributor Global Retail Concepts (GRC) and children’s confectionery supplier Jelly Belly have launched a line of new products exclusive to travel retail.